Veiledning som lederstøtte i skoleutvikling: den utfordrende oppstarten
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/28418Date
2023-01-02Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
Abstract
Coaching as leadership support in school development: the challenging start-up phase School leadership is important when it comes to school development and affects students’ learning indirectly. For this reason, school leaders should have knowledge about leading school development, and coaching leaders is one way to acquire such knowledge and competence. In this study, we examine what happens in a medium-sized municipality in Norway when the school owner establishes two coaching teams to support school leadership groups in their school development work. Within the framework of action research, we examine what happens when the coaching teams apply school evaluation as a tool in the start-up phase of the coaching and school development process. We also study how the principals respond to the use of this tool and how it leads to changes in the coaching practice. Our findings show that the school evaluation is perceived as a critique of the school’s practice and foster resistance within the leadership group. To understand and explain what happens we discuss our findings in light of Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Finally, we point to the study’s implications with recommendations for others who wish to support leadership groups pursuing school development.